Jan Schaller

M.A.

Jan Schaller

Jan.Schaller(at)hszg.de

Institut für Transformation, Wohnen und soziale Raumentwicklung

02826 Görlitz

Parkstraße 2

Building G VII, Room 319
2. Obergeschoss

+49 3581 374-4489

At TRAWOS Institute

since 09/2025 research assistant in the project “Evaluation for Mobile Counseling”
since 03/2023 institute member
11/2022-07/2025 research assistant in the project Elite Monitor - Underrepresentation of East Germans in key leadership positions: Temporal Development, Mechanisms, Options for Action (08/2022 - 07/2025)
2018-2020 project coordinator for research project "Social integration in the absence of elites?"

Vita

political scientist - current occupation: PhD candidate at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at the University of Osnabrück, dissertation topic: Power configuration within the European migration regime: hotspots as places of (informal) negotiations?
2017 Master of Arts in political science from Free University Berlin with a master thesis on Frontex and the European migration regime
additionally he works on possibilities of working and studying digitally (https://papierlos-studieren.net)

Research interests

Migration in Europe: regimes, actors, power dynamics
border studies / critical migration research
multi-level governance in the EU

Homepage

Jan Schaller: www.jan-schaller.eu